Government Dental College & Hospital, Nagpur (GDCHN) is a Premier Dental Institute catering to oral health care needs of the population of Central India. It is located in the geographical centre of India in the campus of the Government Medical College, which boasts to be the largest medical campus in Asia. Established in the year 1968, the institute is recognized by its governing bodies, Directorate of Medical Education & Research (DMER), Medical Education & Drug Dept. (MEDD, GOM) and Dental Council of India (DCI). Since its inception, it has served as a nurturing alma mater to more than 2000 dental graduates. GDCHN was earlier affiliated to Nagpur University (RSTMU) with an intake capacity of 30 students for BDS. Since then, the intake capacity has more than doubled, to 63 in 2019. In the year 1998, GDCHN got its UG program affiliated to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), the largest Health Education University in Maharashtra. The institute has been a pioneer in establishing the MDS Post Graduate program in all specialties. The PG degree program got affiliated to MUHS in the year 2009. GDCHN grew further with the addition of PhD program in 2014 and fellowship program in 2017.